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Aerial view of the excavation in the Hainburger Au (near Stopfenreuth) on one of the Danube tributaries in the Donauauen National Park. Credit: H. Wraunek, Province of Lower Austria

Mystery of the ‘Deserted Castle’ Unraveled: Austria’s First Roman Bridgehead Fort Discovered

18 April 2025

Researchers have identified the first confirmed Roman bridgehead fort in Austria, located near Stopfenreuth on the Lower Austrian Danube floodplains....

The skull of the individually buried woman, was sawn into pieces to remove the brain, right side view. © M. Bessou/CNRS UMR

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For the first time, researchers discovered bioarchaeological evidence of familial embalming in early modern France

16 November 2024

A unique discovery has revealed new insights into the burial rituals of early modern Western Europe: For the first time,...

Drone photo of the 2023 excavation in the Poseidon sanctuary of Kleidi-Samikon. Photo: ÖAW-ÖAI/Marie Kräker

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Excavations show the Temple of Poseidon at Samikon is more Monumental than Previously Assumed -New Discoveries

3 November 2024

New excavations by archaeologists from the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Greek Ministry of Culture in Kleidi-Samikon in the...

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Poseidon Temple in Greece Larger than Previously Assumed

27 January 2024

New excavations at Kleidi-Samikon in Greece’s Western Peloponnese show that the temple, discovered in 2022, is more monumental than previously...

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Radiocarbon dating makes it possible for the first time to check the extent to which archaeological findings match historical events from written sources

17 November 2023

Researchers from the Austrian Academy of Sciences have published a new radiocarbon dataset for Tel Gezer, one of the most...

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Gold from the ancient cities of Troy, Poliochni, and Ur had the same Origin

3 December 2022

Using an innovative mobile laser method, scientists determined that gold found in ancient Troy, Poliochini, and Ur had the same...

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Archaeologists may have found the Sanctuary of Samian Poseidon described in ancient texts

11 October 2022

During excavations in the foothills at the ancient acropolis of Samicum in Greece, archaeologists may have found the sanctuary of...

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New fibula types discovered at prehistoric Kopilo graves in Bosnia

26 August 2022

An archaeological dig at Kopilo, a hill settlement founded around 1300 BC about 70 miles west of Sarajevo, has discovered...

Mystery of the ‘Deserted Castle’ Unraveled: Austria’s First Roman Bridgehead Fort Discovered

For the first time, researchers discovered bioarchaeological evidence of familial embalming in early modern France

Excavations show the Temple of Poseidon at Samikon is more Monumental than Previously Assumed -New Discoveries

Poseidon Temple in Greece Larger than Previously Assumed

Radiocarbon dating makes it possible for the first time to check the extent to which archaeological findings match historical events from written sources

Gold from the ancient cities of Troy, Poliochni, and Ur had the same Origin

Archaeologists may have found the Sanctuary of Samian Poseidon described in ancient texts

New fibula types discovered at prehistoric Kopilo graves in Bosnia

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The Oldest Semicircular Classroom in the Greek World Unearthed in Sicily

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Exceptional Iron Age Artifacts Discovered at Celtic Necropolis in France

Mystery of the ‘Deserted Castle’ Unraveled: Austria’s First Roman Bridgehead Fort Discovered

Rare Tales of Merlin and King Arthur Found in 13th Century Manuscript

Early Anatolian Genes: Genetic Links Between Girmeler Mound and 17,000-Year-Old Pınarbaşı Skeletons

An Elite Nubian Woman’s Burial, Dating Back 4,000 Years, Reveals the Oldest Evidence of Tumpline Use

Human Presence in Malta Earlier Than Previously Thought: Hunter-Gatherers Navigated 100 km by Sea 1,000 Years Before Farmers